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Terentius, however, was a skilled commander and was able to reform and redistribute his forces. As he did this, ships from the edges of his empire reached the core of his realm but were filled with tens of thousands of corpses. The surviving crews brought word of entire worlds decimated by [[Night Lords|midnight-clad warriors]]. Terror spread throughout Terentius's empire despite his best efforts to contain the news. To compound this disaster, Iron Hands began to move on his bastion worlds. As he moved to counter-attack, his strikeforce was intercepted and destroyed by the Luna Wolves. It is said that at this moment, when he realized that he could not win, that Horus came for him personally.{{Fn|1}}
A Luna Wolves fleet arrived from the [[Warp]] and within minutes annihilated Terentius's command fleet. Horus himself teleported aboard Terentius' s flagship, accompanied by 50 [[Justaerin]] and slaughtered all they found. Terentius died unrepentant, laughing as he was impaled by the [[Talon of Horus]]. With their leader dead, Terentius' s rebellion crumbled. However Horus, his pride slighted, acted uncharacteristically harsh and ordered the Night Lords, Iron Hands, and [[Ordo Reductor]] to decimate every one of the remaining rebel worlds. The fate of Terentius's rebel empire would serve as an example to all who sought to defy the Emperor.{{Fn|1}}
In the aftermath of Terentius' s treachery, [[Hastur Sejanus]] initiated a ritual before each battle where the [[Mournival]] would take oaths of censure for themselves in case of treachery or failure.{{Fn|2}}
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